January 13, 2010

Architects: Allmann Sattler Wappner Architeckten, Munich

Post-and-beam construction of the glass facades is suspended from large steel box-section edge beams, which are supported by steel columns

Uniform smoothness of the outer skin is made possible by a special glass construction: beginning on the inside with single pane safety glass, followed by an air cavity and laminated safety glass on the outside, whose outermost pane is slightly smaller all around

Deep blue transparent glazing in the large entrance portal: within the structural-glazing construction, the glass panes are additionally supported by rectangular metal rods as bracing against wind suction

The distinctive metal rods at the central axis of each pane cover the joints in the unique, silvery pattern